ROCKFORD, Ill. — Ruth Ann Eilders, 81, died Sept. 16 at The Arbors at Autumn Creek in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Born Oct. 15, 1937 in Stephenson County, Ill. to the late Elmer W. and Helen Shadle Gartner, she graduated from Lena High School in 1955 and was a bookkeeper who enjoyed crocheting and knitting.
One June 24, 1956, she married the late William J. Eilders.
Survivors include: two children, Jeffrey Steven Eilders (Sandra) of Ridgeland, Miss. and Douglas Kendall Eilders of Sikeston; four grandchildren: Hope Eilders VanEtten (Jesse) of Brandon, Miss., Kathryn Lee Eilders of Collinsville, Ill., Hannah Marie Nenninger (Corey) of Oran, Mo. and Steven William Eilders of Ridgeland, Miss.; and four great-grandchildren.
Besides her parents and husband, she was proceeded in death one son, Timothy Scott Eilders and her sister and brother-in-law Janet and Russell Aspinwall.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 5 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Freeport, Ill.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.leamonfh.com.